Differentiating Student Products

Podcasting:

Ideas: create an online radio show, discuss a character, create an analogy

http://www.marshall.k12.ky.us/podcasting/index.html - for a how to on creating podcasts. Very helpful!

http://www.podbean.com/

Example: http://mrwatsonsohs.podbean.com/ - an English teacher at South has been using Podcasts with his students as a way for them to discuss the novels that they are reading in groups.

http://mssanders.podbean.com/ - This I Believe personal essays by Ms. Sanders’ class. Note the identification with first name and initial of last name for privacy’s sake.

Newspaper format:

Idea: write an article about any topic produce it as a virtual newspaper

http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp

Book builder:

Ideas: replace those ABC books with a digital format, vocabulary, describe a process like mitosis

http://bookbuilder.cast.org/

Web 2.0 ideas/helps- stop here for the latest tech resources on the web. There is something for everyone.

http://techchicktips.net/

Games for students to create

Idea: allow your students to create their own game show for review

Games and Quizzes. Turn those groans to glee come quiz-time with hyperlinked Powerpoint presentations that mimic popular quiz games like "Jeopardy!" or "You Don't Know Jack." Free Sheppard Software (sheppardsoftware.com ) has dozens of interactive games that will have your students begging for more. 

Rubistar (create rubrics)

Idea: for student or teacher created rubrics

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

Digital Storytelling

Idea: describe a process, publish written work, report on events

http://www.digitalstories.org/

Google Docs and more

Idea: Share a text with your students allow them to manipulate it for grammar practice, problem solving, etc.

http://www.google.com/educators/index.html

SlideShare— http://www.slideshare.net/ --way to share PowerPoint type slides, both with students and allowing students to work collaborative to share their work

Virtual Poster maker

www.glogster.com- Students can make posters online to demonstrate learning

Ideas: publish writing, vocabulary, book reports, research reports,

Examples:

http://librarylauren.glogster.com/kba09-10/

http://misscookiexx.glogster.com/numb-to-the-world/- let students publish poems

http://schsap.glogster.com/RevolutionaryWar/ - report/ share information gathered

http://mariaha.glogster.com/harriet-tubman/

http://hoop.glogster.com/Body-Systems-Webquest/

Word Clouds

http://www.wordle.net create word clouds

Submit text to this site and it will return a word cloud for you to tweak however you like. The words that appear the most often will be the largest in the word cloud

Ideas: analysis of writing, vocabulary words, book reports

http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/1342337/The_Hunger_Games_-_Suzanne_Collins

Wikis- Wikis have unlimited uses in the classroom. These can be places where students post work and/or discuss content that has been posted.

Example: http://poetryslam.wikispaces.com/

Misty Oliver’s Wiki http://oliverclasses.wikispaces.com/

Blogs- Hold a discussion outside of your classroom walls. Students can post video or images along with their own text.

Example: http://thedillon.edublogs.org/

*OCHS student comment- “This was probably the best addition to summer reading I have ever had. It was a great experience. It wasn’t boring, like when you write answers. I was allowed to share my opinions openly with others and was able to learn from other students comments without ever seeing them. ”**

Voice Thread— http://voicethread.com/ -- post assignment or student work, allows comments to be made via audio, video, telephone, written, etc.

Joyce Valenza’s Web2.0 resources: http://joycevalenzaworkshop.wikispaces.com/ links to hundreds of sites for student work, directions for teachers, and much, much, more! (some links are broken, and be sure to try a link at school with a student’s login before you plan to use it with the class—ask Sue to have the board unblock it if it’s blocked by WebSense.)

*MovieMaker-found on all XP machines. See Lauren and Sue for help in creating movies, slide shows, etc. Combines images, sounds, video, etc.

*Timeliner-program found on all machines in the school. Creates a timeline(ta dah!!) It also has a slide show for performance. See Lauren and Sue for help with this, too, especially for projects that have definite times associated with them (author study, humanities, social studies, many others…)

*--not on Internet